The general consensus was that John Mozeliak was stepping into the job as Cardinals’ general manager just as the franchise was ready to take a downturn; the Birds went from being surprise World Series winners in 2006 to 78-84 last year. GM Walt Jocketty was fired at the end of that disappointing season because owner Bill DeWitt Jr. felt the exec had isolated himself from the rest of the front office. Mozeliak was promoted from assistant GM to Jocketty’s position, and a funny thing has happened to those expectations of an ongoing decline: the Cardinals haven’t become a doormat.
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